Tame Heem - This character has been in the Rykrof Enloe photonovel series since Chapter 1... here for Chapter 27, and he finally got a new look. Nothing too elaborate, but I think it suits the character well enough?

Santa Wookiee - This is a custom that was made for me by Yakface forum member ratm and his son, for the Secret Santa customs we just did for Christmas. Very cool, and it will always have a special place in my collection.

Black Sun Informant - This is a fan-fic Quarren merchant who is an informant for Black Sun and was made for the current Yakfinities. I didn't do much painting on this one because I really liked the look of the striped robe.

Kala Mly Shundi - Another version of the Jedi friend of Rykrof Enloe. The base color is still red like the original figure, but there's actually 4 coats of paint and weathering to bring out more detail.

Kala has fallen to the Dark Side in the series and will appear like this at some point.

Zeedo Chissis - One of the original members of the Badoo Corba, and a sworn enemy of Rykrof Enloe. Gotta love the inaccurate hands, a bit of a tribute to the early chapters of the PN series for this character.

Quarren Separatists - My first submissions into a recent Yakfinities Customizing Challenge, Organic Separatists. Figured if I was going to make one, might as well make two for a bit of army building. These guys also made an appearance in a recent PN.

head - Legacy Quarren Soldierrest - TAC Elis Helrot

NC-43 - An outdated service droid on Braatos VII, attempting to prove to his master that he is still worth maintaining... will show up in a future photonovel, I think. Hell if I know, I forgot to put him in chapter 28.

Darth Sidious - Finally a Darth Sidious custom of mine that I like! I've tried different looks in the past, and never felt satisified. I think I finally am... not film accurate, but this is definitely the look I wanted to translate into a figure.

Tylin Gere - Another version of this photonovel character. Admiral Tylin Gere was once the best friend of Rykrof Enloe, but they have had a falling out since the Clone Wars began. Admiral Gere is feared by the Separatists and admired by his troops as he often leads his clones into battle himself. This custom actually has already been ditched but I figured I'd show it since it has the brown stains removed using Goof-Off.

Attia - Another fan fic character for photonovel stuff. Attia became disillusioned with the Jedi Order after the Battle of Geonosis, and later in the war her master was killed. She slowly became seduced by the Dark Side of the Force, and was believed to have been killed by untrusting Separatists in the Bogden System when she attempted to become a student of Count Dooku. She appeared at the end of Chapter 28 in my series. Yay.

Diorama Background Structures/Junk - To try and add some more "realism" for dioramas and photonovel background pieces, I've been looking at taking different pieces of Star Wars toys and repainting them. The first two pics are pieces from the "Ultimate Lightsaber" kit in the Legacy line that is currently out - I used various pieces from it and repainted them. I could see them on top of buildings or something, maybe exhaust pipes and whatnot. Some people apparently think these are lame, but I like them for filling out background scenes in photonovels.

The bottom two pics are just repainted pieces from a few "junk vehicles" that I had saved for this sort of thing.

The clone is just there for a sense of scale.

Civilian Speeder - This is actually a repaint/rework of an old commission I got from Owen D. several years ago. I lent it out for the Ultimate Group Project but it got damaged in shipping, so it's been in a box for a while until I figured out what to do with it.

So, rather than turn it into pure "junk" for a background piece, I figured it was still salvageable and I repainted it, removed the broken windshield, added a couple greeblies and added in a fabric backing to the back seating area.

Quinlan Vos - For a fellow forum member, Famine. I've been telling him for ages that I'd make him a Vos custom, and finally got off my tail and did it. Mainly I gave him much needed knee/ankle articulation and a rough beard, with a new nicks and cuts. I hope he is ok with how it turned out.

Jedi Master Iros - Jedi who has begun to question the direction of the Clone Wars, and is a close friend of Jedi Master Nolan, was inspired by the current Yakfinities, TEAMS. Look for him in a future photonovel chapter.

Jedi Master Nolan - Jedi who has begun to question the direction of the Clone Wars, and is a close friend of Jedi Master Iros, was inspired by the current Yakfinities, TEAMS. Look for him in a future photonovel chapter.

b]Commander Rykrof Enloe[/b] - The real reason I am still customizing these days, the Rykrof Enloe series... Commander of the 334th Siege Battalion and leader of a newly formed tactical assault force, he is determined to rid of the galaxy of the Badoo Corba terrorists once and for all.

Captain Racker - Battle hardened soldier of the 334th Siege Battallion, loyal to Rykrof Enloe and a member of the tactical assault force. Has been in numerous battles with Rykrof since the early days of the war.

Commando Drake - A veteran of the war who survived the Battle of Geonosis, Commando Drake joined the 334th Siege Battalion after his unit was crushed by Separatists in the outer rim. He is now a member of Rykrof Enloe's tactical assault force. His one goal is the success of the mission at hand.

I really like that new Snodd. The Darth Revan Torso is a perfect fit. I've been trying to get an extra one of those for quite some time now but I haven't had any luck finding one at a reasonable price.

Braatos Human - Even in a galaxy full of aliens I've always really liked background humans. This is a nice and simple custom but I'm really digging it as background dio filler.

Braatos Muun - I may have to pick up some Trek figures... I'm liking what you've been doing with them.

Braatos Brainiac - I love the update paint job on the head. The new wash really brings out the wrinkles and the red eyes look great. That scarf is a nice touch too.

Braatos Arcona - The skin color looks godd and the part use is good, but I don't particularly like the way the weathering on the robes turned out on this one. Some of the cracks/crevices seem too black while the surface areas look like they are dull and unweathered.

Quarren Separatists - Very nice. The sandals look good on him. The color choice is great.

NC-43 - I LOVE him. Great use of the firespeeder backpack as a head. I always like droids that use random greeblies as heads and they actually look like a functioning droid.

Rans Nobble - Great Jedi. He is very TFU-ish.

Palpy - I like the skin a lot on him. Was that a repaint? I wasn't big one the green robes initially, but they are growing on me the more I look at him.

Teltuu Stabo - Another very cool Jedi. The Luke boots look great on him. I do have one *very* minor nitpick. Duros have longer fingers than humans. Maybe you could swap out the hands for Duros hands? Just chop the gloves off at the base of the hand and paint them to match the gloves. I just tend to be anal about getting the Hands/feet on my aliens to match.

Attia - Very cool. I like how you mostly used Bultar Swan and it looks nothing like her. The new skin tone is great.

Civilian Speeder - I think I like it that way even better. The fabric backing looks great. Sorry about the shipping...

Badoo Corba Terrorist - I like his body, but maybe you could mess with his head some so he looks less like Plo Koon in smuggler/terrorist gear? That's the only problem I have with him.

Palom - I like the casual look of the body, but kind of like the last figure I think he could use a different head, or at the very least some mods. Wedge is close enough to a main character that it is hard to use his head as anyone but Wedge and pull it off.

Jedi Master Iros - Gotta love the mutton chops.

Jedi Master Nolan I really like how a lot of your Jedi have such a TFU/Clone Wars look rather than standard Jedi Robes. I can't stop looking at this guy as Billy Mays now...

Commander Rykrof Enloe - Not a bad job by any means on Rykrof... but how many suits of armor does he really need? I think that's more of a complaint about the PT/EU in general though. I can certainly understand variations and some variety along with different environmental specific armor, but I think that it gets out of hand sometimes and they make too many types of armor. Maybe that's just me though.

Andronicis - He's a little older, but I LOVE that figure. I think that the Durge head works perfectly. The paint color looks great. He almost reminds me of a KOTOR era Mandalorian. Good stuff.

Looking forward to the next Chewie update. I've been getting the customizing bug lately...

Wow, thanks for the reviews Ryan. Much appreciated, I always enjoy any thoughts you have to share.

On the Rykrof, yeah I've given him quite a few looks over the years. Haven't used all of them of course, as there haven't been all that many sets of trooper gear that he's showed up in for photonovel stuff. Here's the ones that have shown up since Phase 2 armor comes into play in the prequels -

The previous chapters before that, he was more in non-military situations. After escaping from terrorists, he spent a few chapters out of service at home while the war was still waging -

But yeah, there have been a lot of different versions of him. Going on around 5 years now worth of custom figures of Rykrof. It's still a lot of fun for me though... and nothing was more cool than seeing what someone else made - an older version of Rykrof as a Rebel leader - I was floored. DanoftheDead at Yakface made it in the current Yakfinities:

I remember an old Group Project here that was focused on Rykrof, which was a huge honor for me. But seeing one made out of the blue, especially so well done really has me itching to look further down the road to maybe keep the series going a little longer than I had planned.

Thanks for the kind words my old JD friends. Time for a long overdue update...

Justin Cook - Something I don't usually do, but heck, why not a self custom... these were always fun in the old Casting Calls at http://www.ffurg.com and when I saw that a receont one was being extended, I had to join in the fun... this is just my take on myself if I was in the Star Wars universe... always carry a good blaster at your side! I actually ended up liking this a lot for a look for Freelo in my PN series maybe, so at some point I could get use out of this for the PN series as well for him... could probably just do a head and hand swap and it would work ok for that too?

Lekog Mir - Saurin citizen of Braatos IV, will appear in Chapter 31 of the Rykrof Enloe series. Before anyone says it, I know the hands may not be right for a Saurin... maybe the feet aren't either. I had this extra head though and liked this look, so I went with it.

Grunda Dolma - My entry for a recent Yakface Group Project, The Cauldron from the original Clone Wars animated series. This one turned out ok so I think I could use it in my photonovel series at some point.

Taantar - This is a rework of an older custom, really a complete new recipe. Taantar is the leader of the Taantar Raiders, an elite force made up of mercs, assassins and bounty hunters. The group is said to have ties to the Badoo Corba as well, and Taantar has a secret knowledge of an ancient technology that could bring the galaxy to its knees.

Tylie Bata - Female Twi'lek who lives on Braatos VII, she is popular with the locals for her compassion for others and also is never one to speak out against those she feels are corrupt. She'll show up in Chapter 31 of the Rykrof Enloe photonovel series, I think. I kind of want to repaint her now though.

head - ROTS Aayla Securarest - Indiana Jones Elsa

Hiirka Femlanto - This lady also lives on Braatos VII, species unknown. The locals believe she is a cross breed. She usually keeps to herself and very little is known about her. She'll show up in the Rykrof Enloe photonovel series.

PD-106 - Some of you may remember in the Rykrof Enloe series, a protocol droid who helped Rykrof escape from the Badoo Corba base back in Chapter 20... this droid will be back in the series before too long, with a whole new look.

Talen Hwoljik - My entry for the current Yakfinities Customizing Challenge, Light and Dark. This is a fan fic Jedi who was gunned down and left for dead by his clones when Order 66 was issued. He survived the ordeal and later emerged as a twisted being bent on taking Vader's place as the Emperor's apprentice.

Yeah, I'll be posting more chapters here. In the meantime, a small update with a handful of new customs...

Ishi Tib Terrorist - This rather simple custom was made for the next chapter in the Rykrof Enloe series. And yeah, I know the hands are not accurate. I just wanted to get this done with the parts I had available though and thought it looked ok.

2-1A - Medical Droid that I made for an ebay auction coming up to support a Collectors VS Cancer Fundraiser that just started at www.yakface.com - it's basically a repainted AOTC Research Droid from the SAGA line.

Early Rebels - These are for the http://www.ffurg.com Casting Call, Rebel Troopers. I was going to only make one, but ended up liking the design to create three of them, and might use them later on in my photonovel series. The last image is just a mock photonovel-esque shot.

Feral CZ Droid - For the current Yakfinities, FERAL DROIDS. This CZ droid model is old but an effective killer. At one time he was a respected secretary for Ithorian diplomats on Coruscant. He once made a protocol error and referred to the Emperor as "Senator Palpatine" and was promptly discarded on the far side of the planet for this breach of etiquette. He later awoke with no memory of his past, and only had a desire to kill sentient beings, thus found himself aligned with a growing army of feral droids on Coruscant.

left hand wires - TAC Nelvan Anakinrest - TAC CZ Droid

Feral Gonk Droid - For the current Yakfinities, FERAL DROIDS. This little guy has a grenade launcher mounted on his side. He has no memory of his past but enjoys sneaking up on unsuspecting beings salvaging for parts and blowing them to bits and pieces.

Battle Damaged Clone - Just wanted to make a clone who just got slashed by a light saber... not much to it, but I like how it turned out.

everything - Legacy Clone Trooper

Imperial Maintenance Worker - This guy works on Imperial City (Coruscant) after the Clone Wars... this was only thought of because I had an extra Willrow Hood and decided to try and make some good use out of him.

head - Spawn figurehands - Star Trek figurerest - Legacy Willrow Hood

Arctic Commandos - Not much to these, which is just the way I like it! But I actually really like how they turned out... these were for a past customizing challenge going on at http://www.echobaseforums.com - I was planning on using these bodies with some Galactic Marine helmets, but ended up with a couple of ARF Troopers, and realized their heads might work out. It's not a simple head swap though, as I had to create custom neck posts... and no painting was required on these.

head - Clone Wars ARF Trooperrest - Legacy Concept Snowtrooper

Barada Thug - This guy was kind of fun, I've been looking for a good alien head to use with the Giran hood, and this seemed to work out as well as anything I could come up with.

Commander Bacara - I've never cared for Hasbro's attempts on him, because it seems like they should give him some weathering. I actually went back and repainted an old Bacara I made several years ago, and this is the updated result... quite a bit better than what I did in 2005.

Nerlam "Little Foot" Heem - Again, another Yakfinities entry, this Ithorian rides a swoop on Coruscant. He's also going to play a part in the Rykrof Enloe series. Note the small feet - tiny for an Ithorian. I did that in case I need to squeeze this guy into ships, those big regular Ithorian feet can be troublesome sometimes.

Jedi Master Redwind - Here's how Master Redwind appeared in Chapter 31 of the Rykrof Enloe series right after Order 66 was first ordered, when he survived an explosion. He didn't last long after that once he was tracked down by the clone troopers after him.

Jedi Master Kala Mly Shundi - This is how Kala appeared in Chapter 31 of the Rykrof Enloe series right after Order 66 was first ordered, as he survived the same explosion that Redwind did. But unlike the other Jedi, he lived through the end of Chapter 31 - he is currently at large and is being hunted by the Empire.

head - SAGA Jemparest - Legacy Comic Pack Palpatine

Infestation - A droid that has been infested by an alien parasite, thought by Imperial scientists to be a possible cause for a Feral Droid outbreak in the Outer Rim.

Thanks... all those in the recent post are over a year old... but I have at least 50 more customs since then to post, which I'll do before too long... as for the series - I do plan to pick it back up with a new series called The Enloe Trials... I've got part of the script done and proofed by a professional writer who is a friend of mine, and also quite a few customs completed for it.

It's the diorama work, photos, editing, and time that are the enemy now!

Rodian Thug - As seen on Raxus Prime in The Force Unleashed... there were a lot of these dudes all over one level, so I took some creative liberties here as I'm sure they wouldn't all look exactly the same. He's not what I was hoping for exactly, but overall, he looks close enough to the reference pic I guess. This was for a past Yakfinities, Video Game Characters.

Zeedo Chissis - A photonovel character in the Rykrof Enloe series, inspired by a past Yakfinities, Photonovel Characters... made me decide to make a new version of him. I ended up hating this figure and dismantled it.